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i tried opening the laptop up and i got stuck because i removed all the screws and the back cover was not opening up.

and so.... i called gateway.....for the last time..

me: i need to clean the laptop. please send me instructions on how to open laptops and clean them.
Customer care: what? Please repeat that?
me: i need to clean the laptop. please send me instructions on how to open laptops and clean them.
C C: you dont open laptops, we do... send it to us and we will do the cleaning.
me: am in romania
C C: send it to america
me: like hell... i want to open it myself.
C C: you lose the warenty
me: i lost it last year. send me instructions or i might have to use the crowbar on it.
C C: hold on...let me ask my manager......

and then the line got disconnected.

once after a number of restarts i banged the laptop on the table when it was starting up, i had to change the Hhd. it just refused to load up.

Thanks for clearing that up... they are ungodly expensive... but as with everything else in the tech world, they will come down... I think these will actually be great for mobile users. Lenovo has an accelerometer [like the wii] that pauses reading/writing the HDD when it senses motion, but a lot of manufacturers don't... if the head touches the platter for any duration while it is spinning... bye bye HDD... SSDs will put an end to that risk.

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